I typically leave patch updates and security warnings to my ZDNet blogging colleague Ryan Naraine. But when Naraine flags an out-of-band update as "super-high priority,
Microsoft Office 2007 Standard," it seems like it's worth an extra mention. The MS07-017 update includes patches for a total of seven animated cursor (.ani) vulnerabilities, three affecting Windows Vista. In addition to Windows Vista,
Windows 7 Professional Product Key, the update applies to Windows 2000 SP4,
Purchase Windows 7, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003,
Windows 7 Home Premium Key, Windows Server 2003 SP1,
Office Home And Business 2010, and Windows Server 2003 SP2. No doubt there will be other patches out on April 10, the regularly scheduled Microsoft Patch Tuesday. But Windows users shouldn't put off until then what they can (and should) patch today.